title: Guidewire entrapment during Greenfield filter deployment.
abstract: Prevention of pulmonary embolism by inferior vena cava filter has long been established. The Greenfield filter continues to be modified to improve deployment methods. A new filter design allows insertion through tortuous anatomy. We present, by way of a case report, a unique complication related to this design. The filter design, deployment technique, and the rationale behind them are discussed. Suggestions for avoiding this problem are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Estrada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*